Stories shared in the Oak Hollow Park Community

Mother Taught Me So Much

Memories about growing up in 60’s and 70’s My Mother taught me about Weather. “Your room looks like a tornado hit it.” My Mother taught me about Religion. “You better pray that comes out of the carpet.” My Mother taught

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Helping Others

This is a must read story! Good morning said a woman as she walked up to the man sitting on a bench. The man slowly looked up. This was a woman clearly accustomed to the finer things of life. Her

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Scam Warning!

I got a call from a 210 area code. Thinking it was someone I know in San Antonio, I answered. It was a man claiming to be from customer service (didn’t say what company, only “customer service”) The first thing

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Write the nicest thing

One day a teacher asked her students to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name. Then she told them to think of the nicest thing they

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I Wish I was a Smart Phone

A teacher started checking homework done by her students. Her husband is strolling around with a smart phone playing his favorite game. When reading the last homework notes, the wife starts crying with silent tears. Her husband asked, ‘What happened?’

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Stickers

A car ahead was moving like a turtle and would not speed up despite my continuous honking! I was on brink of losing my cool when I noticed the small sticker on the car’s rear window. It read… “Physically challenged;

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Free Offer … if you dare

A man established a zoo and had an entrance fee of $100 per person but no one went there. He reduced the entrance fee to $50 per person but still no one went there. He reduced the entrance fee to

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Imagine this

If you had $86,400 in your account and someone stole $10 from you, would you be upset and throw all of the remaining $86,390 away in hopes of getting back at the person? Or move on and live? Right, move

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Balloons

A teacher gave a balloon to every student, who had to inflate it, write their name on it, and throw it in the hallway. The teacher then mixed all the balloons. The students were then given 5 minutes to find

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100 Ants In A Jar

If you put 100 black ants and 100 red ants in a jar, nothing will happen. But if you shake the jar hard, the ants will start killing each other. The red ants will consider the blank ants their enemies,

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Teddy Stoddard

A friend sent me this to read so I thought I’d share it with you. Read THE entire post and warm someone’s heart today and pass this along. It’s a precious story,  just have the tissues ready. As she stood

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Rich Man Puts Teacher Down

Because She Doesn’t Earn As Much As He Does * for all the educators … To emphasize his point he said to a guest; “You’re a teacher, Bonnie. Be honest. What do you make?” Bonnie, who had a reputation for

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The Law Of Attraction

I LOVE THIS ANALOGY: You are holding a cup of coffee when someone comes along and bumps into you or shakes your arm, making you spill your coffee everywhere. Why did you spill the coffee? “Because someone bumped into me!!!”

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Anger Management

There once was a young boy with a very bad temper. The boy’s father wanted to teach him a lesson, so he gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper he must

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Don’t Lose Your Effectiveness

Once upon a time, a very strong woodcutter asked for a job as a timber merchant and he got it. The pay was really good and so was the work condition. For those reasons, the woodcutter was determined to do

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Graduation Gift and Story

“A father said to his daughter  “You just graduated; there is a car in the garage that I bought a while ago. It is a few years old and I have been saving it for you. It runs, it just needs

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Who Is Malena Earls

Our daughter, Malena Earls, was awarded the Summa Cum Laude certificate this week from MacArthur High School. We are proud parents. I will admit, I did not know what “Summa Cum Laude” meant until I looked it up. I know

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Internet Banking with Dad

Many of us have had this conversation with a parent. We need to take the time to listen. Not everyone wants to use a computer every day. “I spent an hour in the bank with my dad, as he had

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Mother’s Last Wish

Mother’s love is unconditional and lasts for the entirety of life. Get inspired with this beautiful story about Mother’s love for her child. A man was offered a job in another state. He decided to take his mother to a

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Tesla Down

Posted by a State Trooper after a motor-assist.  I’m not a fan of all electric vehicles. Too many variables affecting battery consumption. Definitely not suited for cold climates. The following experience just cements my distaste for EV’s, especially Teslas.  I

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KARMA

Karma

Karma describes the concept of getting back whatever you give, good or bad, to the universe, Here’s the story: One day a man saw an old lady, stranded on the side of the road, but even in the dim light

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Restaurant & Business Discounts

Restaurant and Business Discounts

WOW, I had no clue, so I decided to share this with my neighbors. Copied from a friend. As I was waiting in line behind an older gentleman at KFC’s recently, I heard him ask for his senior discount. The

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The Oak Hollow Haunted House Story

I published this story “The Oak Hollow Haunted House for my 2022 Halloween story to entertain my neighbors.”   It is about an abandoned home in a neighborhood called “Oak Hollow.” Nobody would go near the house. And I mean

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Coffee & Donuts for Grownups

Neighbors showed up for coffee and donuts with grownups. Plenty of interesting conversations. Unfortunately, some people left before I remembered to take any pictures. My daughter Malena baked some cookies and helped me host this event. We had a few

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Mustang 1965

My Mustang Story

Car Buying Memories Good and Bad You may have memories like mine. I remember once when I was a teenager (a long time ago), I was hanging out with my cousin, Roy, who is 5 years older than me. We

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Fooled by Flooring Contractor

Fooled by Flooring Contractor

I don’t think I’m a fool, but I got fooled. I don’t want this to happen to you. You have seen the ads on social media. You have seen the ads on TV.  Express Flooring will beat any offer by

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Richard Oliver - Family

Where I Live: Oak Hollow Park by Richard Oliver

Oak Hollow Park doesn’t boast the handsome, immaculate homes of The Dominion. It doesn’t include the sprawling acreage surrounding the properties at nearby Hill Country Village. Indeed, the subdivision, tucked adjacent to the intersection of Thousand Oaks Drive and Jones

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